This Saturday, 7 July, my work Heartland will be performed by the Sydney Philharmonia Choir at the Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music. The conductor is Brett Weymark.
Written for massed choir and two pianos, Heartland explores various ideas of “home”. At the rehearsal on Wednesday it was sounding really good, with the choir [...]
Recently I attended some performances at the Camden Haven Music Festival, a festival of various types of music held in the Camden Haven region of Australia (about 30 minutes south of Port Macquarie, or about 3 1/2 hours north of Sydney).
What made this event particularly special (for me at least!) was the fact that this [...]
I’m off to the US in a couple of days time to see the premiere of a new ballet, “Concordia“, choreographed by Toronto-based choreographer Matjash Mrozewski. The ballet is the middle section of a triple bill presented by the San Franscisco Ballet. There are seven performances between 11 - 24 April 2007.
The dance [...]
Next month (December) will be the premiere of my new Flute Concerto, which is entitled House Music. More information including programme notes is available on the relevant programme notes page.
It has been wonderful working with the soloist, Marina Piccinini. Flute concertos are definitely not the easiest type of piece to write - there [...]
This year’s Australian Festival of Chamber Music, held in Townsville in early July, looks to be an absolute cracker. Co-artistic director Chris Latham has organized a stellar cast of fantastic musicians - both national and international - playing a wonderful selection of music. I was lucky enough to attend last year’s festival and [...]
As part of my Composer-In-Residence position for this year with The Queensland Orchestra, they are playing a concert featuring a number of my works on 31 August, at the Ferry Road Studios.
The programme will also feature the amazing didjeridu player, William Barton, with a premiere of one of his new works.
My music in this concert [...]